Many of us collectors are fully aware of the famous artwork of the German Borderline vinyl picture sleeve, what a lot of us don’t know is that this is actually the second pressing of the single from Germany. The first vinyl pressing for the 12″ of ‘Borderline’ actually has the same artwork as the well…

It was 25 years ago today that my mother brought home Madonna’s brand new ‘Erotica’ album. I had been a massive fan ever since seeing ‘Truth Or Dare’ the year before and to me Madonna was (and is) the coolest person in the world. There was a huge hype building up to the release of…

Twenty five years ago today, Erotica was released to the general public and was met with a wide variety of backlash. Some of which was due to the release of her Sex book, but also due to the S & M laced music video for the title track. Looking back, I can understand some of…

Twenty-five years ago, Madonna changed. Sure, Madonna was always changing, but with the release of Erotica on Oct. 20, 1992, she fully shed her ebullient ’80s pop skin, donned a leather cat mask, and kicked open a rusty back alley door that previous chart-toppers only dared to scratch at. You didn’t need to pick up a copy of her…

Madonna with The Sneaker Pimps, 1999 Dave Benett Back in the late 1990s I used to run into Sean Hughes all the time at parties. He was a Perrier Award-winning stand-up comedian and team captain on Never Mind The Buzzcocks who would go to the opening of an envelope, so long as it included a free…